Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Plot Summary

Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MGM's production genius Irving Thalberg, the film boasted names like Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and John and Lionel Barrymore and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. This short documentary takes a look at the making of the classic film.

Top Cast

Tom Kane Narrator (voice)

Sydney Guilaroff Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)

J.J. Cohn Self - MGM Executive (archive footage) (as Joseph J. Cohn)

Joan Crawford Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)

Greta Garbo Self / Various roles (archive footage)